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Giveaway: $108 Life of Fred readers package from Educents

//  by Jamie C. Martin

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This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!

Welcome to this week’s giveaway–sponsored by Educents!

“Educents is the first online marketplace for educational products.

In just two years we’ve saved homeschoolers and parents over $20 million on much-needed educational products and resources for their students.

We hope we can help you discover and save BIG on all the educational products you deserve!

Discover thousands of educational items at the absolute BEST price available all at your finger tips! Click here to browse all that we offer.”

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The prize

Enter to win the Award-Winning Life of Fred Beginning Reader Series Giveaway, including all 3 sets! 
 
The creator of the series, Dr. Stanley F. Schmidt is a former high school teacher and college professor who created the character Fred Gauss to give students real-world examples of how to use what they are learning. Kids love these adventure-focused and engaging stories.
 
With 18 different Life of Fred books, they will have never-ending fun while developing their reading skills.
 
The giveaway features all three sets, a $108 value – but the educational experience is truly priceless. 

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How to Win

This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!

To be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post answering the question: How old are your children, and what are they passionate about learning about this summer?

(If you’re reading this via email or reader, you must click here to leave your comment on this post at Simple Homeschool. Comments or emails left elsewhere don’t count as entries.)

(Note: This giveaway is open internationally. So yay, international readers!)

For an extra entry, “Like” Educents and Simple Homeschool on Facebook. Then leave another comment here letting me know you’ve done so!

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Special Offer

As a special offer to Simple Homeschool readers, Educents is offering 5% off your entire cart! Simply use the offer code SimpleHS5 at checkout. Offer valid until Sept. 1st, 2015.

This giveaway has ended, and the winner is Heather F. who wrote: “My children are 5, 4, 2, and 3 months! We are learning about Native American Indians this summer, as well as MONEY! 🙂 Both older children are passionate about history!”

About Jamie C. Martin

Jamie is an introverted mom of three, who loves books, tea, and people (not always in that order), and avoids answering the phone when possible. She co-founded SimpleHomeschool.net in 2010 and began IntrovertedMoms.com in 2020.

Jamie is the author of four books, including Give Your Child the World (reached #9 on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers list), and her latest release, Introverted Mom (an ECPA bestseller). Her work has been featured by LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow, the Washington Post, Parents, Today Parenting, and Psychology Today.

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  1. Becky, aka Simply, in the 'Burbs

    July 7, 2015 at 8:30 am

    My kiddos are 7, 3 and 3 … and this summer we are spending time in, and learning about, nature and outdoor skills. And books. Lots of books (always!)

  2. Kelli

    July 7, 2015 at 8:31 am

    Girls age 6 & 4. We are swimming and hiking a lot. The oldest is performing in Annie. The youngests is formally learning to read so this reading series would be perfect.

  3. Nicole Keyser

    July 7, 2015 at 8:31 am

    My kids are 12, 10, 9 & 9. They all have a summer challenge where they attempt to do a large number of lessons in one subject. My nine-year-olds choose reading my 10-year-old spelling and my 12-year-old math!

  4. Kelli

    July 7, 2015 at 8:31 am

    Like them both on FB!

  5. Jeanette Ford

    July 7, 2015 at 8:31 am

    my kids are 15, 15, and 5. My 5 yr old is interested in robots this summer. He is hooked on Big Hero 6 and now wants to build his own Baymax.

    • Jeanette Ford

      July 7, 2015 at 8:33 am

      I liked both facebook pages.

  6. Amber

    July 7, 2015 at 8:32 am

    My children are 6, 4, and 1. My older two are loving all things aquatic as we just visited the ocean and an aquarium. My baby is learning how to run and climb.

  7. Laurie C

    July 7, 2015 at 8:32 am

    My child is 4 and he loves all things animals so we spend lots of time searching for bugs and toads to watch.

  8. Jaci

    July 7, 2015 at 8:32 am

    Our kids use summer to read thousands of pages of books…leaning seems to happen every day without trying to learn. Hooray!

  9. Sara

    July 7, 2015 at 8:32 am

    My kids are 8, 6, 4 and 2. The older two are gobbling up the Canadian Flyer series about different events/points in Canadian history.

  10. Katie

    July 7, 2015 at 8:33 am

    My kids are 5 and 7. My 5 y/o is loving learning about weather, specifically thunderstorms and my 7 y/o is reading the American Girl Doll books and is learning about Molly and what life was like during WW2.

  11. Cheryl P

    July 7, 2015 at 8:33 am

    12, 9, and 7. Love learning about Astronomy this summer. We love Life of Fred books! They ask for them often.

  12. Nicole Keyser

    July 7, 2015 at 8:34 am

    I have also liked educents and simple homeschool on Facebook!

  13. Mamagrubbs

    July 7, 2015 at 8:36 am

    12, 11, 8, 5, 19 months and we are concentrating on the physical activities we miss out on during the school year. Swim lessons, tennis lessons, and basketball camp are all on the agenda. Most through local parks and recreation but the basket ball camp is through the local public middle school

  14. Anita

    July 7, 2015 at 8:36 am

    My kids are 4, 5, 9 and 10. We just bought a telescope so the kids are anxiously awaiting shorter days so that we can get out and see the stars!

  15. Cheryl P

    July 7, 2015 at 8:36 am

    Like both of fb.

  16. Kelly Marriott

    July 7, 2015 at 8:37 am

    Liked Educents on FB and had already liked Simple Homeschool.

  17. Anita

    July 7, 2015 at 8:37 am

    I also like Educents and Simple Homeschool on Facebook.

  18. Nikki T

    July 7, 2015 at 8:38 am

    My daughters are 5 and 7. So far this summer they have been reading together very often. It warms a mama’s heart! They’ve also been fascinated with bees – including catching them for observation.

  19. Julia

    July 7, 2015 at 8:38 am

    My two sons are 9 and 5. My nine-year-old, who has autism/Asperger’s, is working on friendship and social skills by playing cooperative board games. My five-year-old is working on learning to swim!

  20. Angela R

    July 7, 2015 at 8:39 am

    My kids are 1, 3, 5, and almost 7. They are always begging to do science experiments and we’ve enjoyed learning new languages this summer as we prepare for an upcoming trip.

  21. Kelly

    July 7, 2015 at 8:39 am

    My girls are 3, 4 amd 7. This summer they are all about the swimming pool….from learning how to swim to practicing new tricks!

  22. Tina

    July 7, 2015 at 8:40 am

    Hi! My children are 8, 8, and 12. My 8 year old boy is passionate about learning to make fancy braids in his sister’s hair! My 8 year old girl is in love with animals and insects (anything but slugs), and my 12 year old girl is all about soccer.

  23. Angela R

    July 7, 2015 at 8:40 am

    I like both Educents and Simple Homeschool on Facebook.

  24. Bethany

    July 7, 2015 at 8:41 am

    My kids are 12, 10, 8 and 5. They are passionate about exploring this summer. Long hikes, bike rides, camping trips are filling our days.

  25. Kristen

    July 7, 2015 at 8:42 am

    My children are 15, 6 and 3. The oldest is spending her summer in Spain studying the language and culture. The younger two are perfecting their swimming skills!

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